Alignments Avebury Beehive huts Boyne Valley complex Burren Caer Camel Carrowkeel Carrowmore Craggaunowen Devil's Arrows Dingle Dolmens Dublin Five Fingers Glastonbury Abbey Glastonbury Tor Glendalough Haroldstown dolmen Hill of Tara Kerzerho Kilmalkedar Knocknarea Knowth Lough Crew Lough Gur Mané Kerioned Menec Newgrange Passage tombs Piper's Stones Poulnabrone Rollright Stones Severn Bridge Silbury Hill Skelligs St. Ives St. Pierre Standing stones Stone circles Stonehenge Table des Marchands Tintagel Trethevy Quoit Wedge tombs Wells Cathedral
Tag Archives: Stone circles
1996-2
Our continuing adventures: Carole had to get back to Dublin, so we put her on the train in Abergavenny and moved on through South Wales to Somerset, and then to Devon and Cornwall. This meant crossing that dire Severn Bridge … Continue reading
Tagged Blind Fiddler, Boscawen Un, Brentor, Carn Euny, Dublin, Duloe stone circle, Exeter Cathedral, Hurlers, Land's End, Men An Tol, Merry Maidens, New Globe Theater, Pendeen Vau, Pipers, Sancreed, Scorhill, Severn Bridge, Spinster's Rock, St. Ives, St. Michael's Mount, Standing stones, Stone circles, Tintagel, Trethevy Quoit, Wells Cathedral
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1990-5
Carole, Viveka, and I were in Dingle. We were looking for Dun Beg and jumped out to look at the astonishing view, when a friendly farmer stopped to chat with us. This was his advice: “The day is long, the … Continue reading
Posted in 1990
Tagged Ballyhickey, Beehive huts, Bunratty, Cloghane, Craggaunowen, Crom Dubh, Dingle, Dolmens, Dublin, Kilmalkedar, Lough Gur, Magh Adair, Ogham, Sheila-na-gig, St. Brendan, Standing stones, Stone circles
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1990-3
It was a three-day weekend, what they call a bank holiday weekend, and we were off to the ferry to Wales after work on Friday. This was when I learned about Fidelma’s talent for seasickness. I’d planned this trip to … Continue reading
Posted in 1990
Tagged Avebury, Caer Camel, Dolmens, Glastonbury Abbey, Glastonbury Tor, Old Sarum, Severn Bridge, Silbury Hill, Standing stones, Stone circles, Stonehenge, Tintern Abbey, Woodhenge
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1992
We started out heading south to have a look around Waterford and Wexford, with a quick stop at Jerpoint Abbey on the way. There aren’t a lot of megaliths down there, but we saw some nice ones. Harristown passage tomb … Continue reading
Posted in 1992
Tagged Ballynageragh dolmen, Bohonaugh stone circle and dolmen, Boyne Valley complex, Castle Haven, Dingle, Dolmens, Dowth, Drishane, Dublin, Five Fingers, Gaulstown dolmen, Harristown passage tomb, Jerpoint Abbey, Kilbride church, Knockeen dolmen, Knowth, Matthewstown wedge tomb, Newgrange, Passage tombs, Reenascreena stone circle, Standing stones, Stone circles, Wedge tombs
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Avebury – 2005
Not far from Stonehenge is the little village of Avebury, which lies in the middle of what once was a magnificent neolithic ceremonial site. The original work began around 2850 BCE and like all these places, it was altered much … Continue reading
Tagged Avebury, Stone circles, Stonehenge
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